Anna Zassimova - Chopin: Ballades Nos 2 & 4, Scherzo No. 4, Mazurkas & Waltzes (2023)
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Genre: Classical / Label: BIS
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:20:32 | 184 / 229 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: BIS
The pianist Anna Zassimova offers us a musical journey through most of Chopin’s creative periods, bringing together miniatures and some larger scaled, highly structured works. We can thus follow the composer’s stylistic evolution: slightly whimsical at first, then works that are often tragic and violent, evolving in his final years towards great luminosity and relative calm.
Highlights of this recital include the Ballades Nos 2 and 4, the Mazurkas, Op. 41 and Op. 50 and the Scherzo No. 4 in E major. The mazurkas can be seen as a kind of diary that Chopin kept throughout his life as an artist, reflecting his deep-rooted attachment to Poland. In them, folklore was entirely recreated and stylized. Considered the finest of Chopin’s creation and among the most representative of romantic music, the Ballads are pure music in its finest form. Without any specific programme, they are said to have been inspired by the poetic ideas of one of his friends, the poet Adam Mickiewicz. Finally, the Scherzo has an almost fairy-tale, luminous atmosphere, although there are more passionate and intense moments, and it thus appears close to the character of the scherzo as it was once conceived.
Track List:
01. Mazurkas, Op. 6, B. 60 (Excerpts): No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor
02. Mazurkas, Op. 6, B. 60 (Excerpts): No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor
03. Mazurkas, Op. 7, B. 61: No. 3 in F Minor
04. Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52, B. 146
05. Nocturne in G Minor, Op. 15 No. 3, B. 79
06. Mazurkas, Op. 67 (Excerpts): No. 2 in G Minor, B. 167
07. Mazurkas, Op. 50, B. 145: No. 1 in G Major
08. Mazurkas, Op. 50, B. 145: No. 2 in A-Flat Major
09. Mazurkas, Op. 50, B. 145: No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor
10. Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38, B. 102
11. Mazurkas, Op. 67 (Excerpts): No. 3 in C Major, B. 93
12. Mazurkas, Op. 41: No. 1 in C-Sharp Minor
13. Mazurkas, Op. 41: No. 2 in E Minor
14. Mazurkas, Op. 41: No. 3 in B Major
15. Mazurkas, Op. 41: No. 4 in A-Flat Major
16. Waltz in A-Flat Major, Op. 64 No. 3, B. 164
17. Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, Op. 54, B. 148
18. Waltz in E Major
19. Waltz in E-Flat Major "Sostenuto"
20. Cantabile in B-Flat Major
21. Moderato in E Major
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